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US 8,943,740 B1Granted
Tensionless holder for hooks and leaders
OwnerMarvin E. Rathje, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A holder for storing fish hooks and leaders with the leader in a non-tensioned mode generally comprises a body and a circumferential sleeve sliding on the body. The body includes a plurality of parallel, circumferential grooves including a narrow outer opening for free passage of the leader; and a wider inner portion for retaining the midsection of the leader. A hook and leader may reside in each groove by engaging the hook with the body and by wrapping the hook's leader around the web in the groove by passing the leader through the narrow outer opening so as to reside in the wider inner width of the groove. The sleeve is slidingly attached to said body so as to selectively uncover the grooves for storage or retrieval of a hook and leader.
Claims15
A holder for a plurality of hooks with leaders, each hook including a shank, a bend, and a point;
- each of the hooks having a leader with an attached end attached to the hook, a free end, and a midsection therebetween;
- said holder comprising:
- a body including:
- an elongate front face;
- an elongate back face;
- a top;
- a bottom;
- a left end;
- a right end;
- a plurality of parallel, circumferential grooves therein including a left groove and a right groove;
- each of the grooves including:
- a top portion in said top;
- a bottom portion in said bottom;
- an elongate front face portion in the front face;
- and
- an elongate back face portion in said back face;
- and
- a web separating said front face of each said groove and said back face portion of each said groove;
- said web having a bottom end near said bottom and a top end near said top including a hook engaging portion, said elongate front and back face portions of said grooves including:
- an outer opening for free passage of the leader during winding of the leader about said web and for free exit of the leader during unwinding of the leader from said web;
- and
- an inner portion that is wider than said outer opening such that the intersection of an untensioned leader therein can assume a lengthwise wavy configuration that is wider than said outer opening so as to be retained in said groove;
- and
- a circumferential sleeve slidingly attached to said body so as to selectively cover said grooves.
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In combination:
- a plurality of hooks with leaders, each hook including a shank, a bend, and a point;
- each of the hooks having a leader with an attached end attached to the hook, a free end, and a midsection therebetween;
- and
- a holder for said hooks with leaders;
- said holder comprising:
- a body including:
- an elongate front face;
- an elongate back face;
- a top;
- a bottom;
- a left end;
- a right end;
- a plurality of parallel, circumferential grooves therein including a left groove and a right groove, each of the grooves including:
- a top portion in said top;
- a bottom portion in said bottom;
- an elongate front face portion in said front face;
- and
- an elongate back face portion in said back face;
- and
- a web separating said front face portion of each said groove and said back face portion of each said groove;
- said web having a bottom end near said bottom and a top end near said top including a hook engaging portion;
- said front and back face portions of each of said grooves including:
- an outer opening for free passage of the leader during winding of the leader about said web and for free exit of the leader during unwinding of the leader from said web;
- and
- an inner portion that is wider than said outer opening such that the midsection of an untensioned leader therein can assume a lengthwise wavy configuration that is wider than said outer opening so as to be retained in said grooves;
- and
- a circumferential sleeve slidingly attached to said body so as to selectively cover said grooves.
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A method of storing and retrieving hooks with untensioned leaders, said method comprising:
- providing a plurality hooks with leaders, each hook including a shank, a bend, and a point;
- each of the hooks having a leader with an attached end attached to the hook, a free end, and a midsection therebetween;
- providing a holder for the plurality of hooks with leaders;
- the holder comprising:
- a body including:
- an elongate front face;
- an elongate back face;
- a top;
- a bottom;
- a left end;
- a right end;
- a plurality of parallel, circumferential grooves therein including a left groove and a right groove, each of the grooves including:
- a top portion in the top;
- a bottom portion in the bottom;
- an elongate front face portion in the front face;
- and an elongate back face portion in the back face;
- and a web separating the front face portion of each of the grooves and the back face portion of each of the grooves;
- the web having a bottom end near the bottom and a top end near the top including a hook engaging portion;
- the front and back face portions of each of the grooves including:
- an outer opening for free passage of the leader during windings of the leader about the web and for free exit of the leader during unwinding of the leader from the web;
- and an inner portion that is wider than the outer opening such that the midsection of an untensioned leader therein can assume a lengthwise wavy configuration that is wider than the outer opening so as to be retained in the grooves;
- providing a circumferential sleeve slidingly attached to said body so as to selectively cover said grooves;
- and
- storing a provided one of the plurality of hooks with leaders in each of the grooves by engaging the hook with the top end of the web of each of the grooves and wrapping the leader around the web by passing the leader through the outer opening so as to reside non-tensioned in the inner portion of each of the grooves.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.